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Mary Poppins Returns - A Cover Is Not The Book chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramDbDb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Chord diagramDbDb Chord diagramBb7Bb7 Chord diagramEb7Eb7 Db/F Ebm/Gb Chord diagramEb/GEb/G Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramEb9Eb9 Chord diagramAb9Ab9


Verse:
      Chord diagramDb6Db6               Chord diagramA7A7
Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm
       Chord diagramD6D6                Chord diagramAb9Ab9
And he lived on Charring Cross
    Chord diagramDb6Db6         Dbmaj7/F  Chord diagramEdim7Edim7    Chord diagramEbM7Ebm7    Chord diagramAb9Ab9
The memory of his volumes brings a smile
         Chord diagramEbm9Ebm9            Chord diagramAb9Ab9
He would read me lots of stories
       Chord diagramDb7Db7    Chord diagramCb7Cb7    Chord diagramBb7Bb7
When he wasn't on the sauce
       Chord diagramEb7Eb7
Now I'd like to share the wisdom
      Chord diagramAb7Ab7     Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7 Chord diagramBdim7Bdim7 Chord diagramCm7b5Cm7b5
Of my favourite bibliophile
Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramEbm9Ebm9 Chord diagramAb9Ab9
He  said  a
Chorus:
Chord diagramDb6Db6
Cover is not the book
          Chord diagramEb7Eb7
So open it up and take a look
                Chord diagramAb7Ab7
'Cause under the cover one discovers
         Chord diagramDb6Db6
That the king maybe a crook
Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7 Chord diagramFdimFdim Chord diagramGb6Gb6            Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter  titles are like signs
           Db/Ab  Chord diagramCb9Cb9       Chord diagramBb9Bb9
And if you read between the lines
       Chord diagramEbmEbm               Chord diagramF7F7              Chord diagramBbmBbm    Chord diagramEb9Eb9
You'll find your first impression was mistook
      Db/Ab
For a cover is nice
      Chord diagramAb7Ab7              Chord diagramDbDb
But a cover is not the book


Verse:
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramDbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramDbDb Dbmaj7/Ab
Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramDbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7

"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example "
"Certainly"

Chord diagramDbDb                Chord diagramBb7Bb7
Nelly Rebitta was made of wood
    Chord diagramEb7Eb7
But what could not be seen was though
  Chord diagramAb7Ab7
Chord diagramA augmentedA trunk up top was barren
          Chord diagramDb6Db6
While her roots were lush and green
Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7 Chord diagramFdimFdim Chord diagramGb6Gb6             Chord diagramGbdim7Gbdim7
So     in   Spring when Mr. Hickery
        Db/Ab             Bb7#5
saw her blossoms blooming there
        Chord diagramEb9Eb9               Chord diagramAb7Ab7
He took fruit despite her bark
                Chord diagramDb9Db9       Chord diagramAb7Ab7  Chord diagramDb6Db6
And now there's seedlings everywhere
Chorus:
Gbmaj7/Ab Chord diagramAb9Ab9
Which     proves
  Chord diagramDb6Db6             Chord diagramBb7Bb7
Chord diagramA augmentedA cover is not the book
   Chord diagramBb7Bb7     Chord diagramEb7Eb7
So open it up and take a look
                Chord diagramAb7Ab7
'Cause under the cover one discovers
         Chord diagramDb6Db6
That the king maybe a crook
Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7 Chord diagramFdimFdim Chord diagramGb6Gb6            Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter  titles are like signs
           Db/Ab  Chord diagramCb9Cb9       Chord diagramBb9Bb9
And if you read between the lines
       Chord diagramEbmEbm               Chord diagramF7F7              Chord diagramBbmBbm    Chord diagramEb9Eb9
You'll find your first impression was mistook
      Db/Ab
For a cover is nice
      Chord diagramAb7Ab7              Chord diagramDbDb
But a cover is not the book


Verse:
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramDbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramBb majorBb Bbmaj7/F
Cm7add4 Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4

"Should we do the one about the wealthy widow "
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, go on then"

Chord diagramF7F7   Chord diagramBb majorBb         G7#5
Lady Hyacinth Macaw
                Chord diagramC7C7
Brought all her treasures to a reef
          Chord diagramF7F7
Where she only wore a smile
         Chord diagramBb majorBb                   Chord diagramCdim7Cdim7
Plus two feathers, and a leaf
Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramEb6Eb6            Chord diagramEdim7Edim7
So    no one tried to rob her
           Chord diagramBb/FBb/F          G7#5
'Cause she barely wore a stitch
                Chord diagramD9D9               Chord diagramF7F7
For when you're in your birthday suit
                 Chord diagramF7F7                   Chord diagramBb6Bb6
There ain't much there to show you're rich


Chorus:
F7#5
Oh, a
Chord diagramBb6Bb6              Chord diagramAb9Ab9
Cover is not the book
           Chord diagramC7C7
So open it up and take a look
                 Chord diagramF7F7
'Cause under the cover one discovers
         Chord diagramBb majorBb
That the king maybe a crook
   Chord diagramCdim7Cdim7 Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7  Chord diagramEb6Eb6       Chord diagramEbdim7Ebdim7       Chord diagramBb/FBb/F    Chord diagramAb9Ab9       Chord diagramG7G7
Taru  -  la  -  lee, tarurala,    tarulalee, tara - ta - ta
       Chord diagramC minorCm                Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG minorGm            Chord diagramC9C9
You'll find your first impression was mistook (ya-da-da-da)
   Chord diagramF#9F#9 Bb.F
For a  cover is nice
      Chord diagramF7F7               Chord diagramBb majorBb
But a cover is not the book


Verse:
Cm7add4 Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cmadd4 Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb majorBb
Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 Chord diagramF7F7 Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramAb7Ab7 Chord diagramG+G Ab7b5 Chord diagramG+G
"Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal, why don't ya"
"Isn't that one a bit long "
"Well the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it"

Chord diagramC majorC
Once upon a time
     Chord diagramA7A7
In a nursery rhyme
            Chord diagramD9D9
There was a castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
                                                      Chord diagramD9D9
'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing

       Chord diagramG9G9
He had scepters and swords
      G9#5
And a parliament of lords
           Chord diagramC6C6
But on the inside he was sad
Egad!
                Chord diagramCaugCaug   Chord diagramF6F6
Because he never had a wisdom for numbers
  Ab7/Gb
Chord diagramA augmentedA wisdom for words
           Chord diagramC/GC/G               Chord diagramBb9Bb9
Though his crown was quite immense
              Chord diagramA7A7
His brain was smaller that a bird's

Chord diagramC#C#     Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramDb9Db9
So the queen of the nation
      Chord diagramD9D9
Made a royal proclamation
        Chord diagramG+G             Adim/G
"To the Missus and the Messers
   Chord diagramGdim7Gdim7             Chord diagramG+G
The more or lessers
         Chord diagramE MajorE
Bring me all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers

G7#     Chord diagramC majorC
And they came from the east
         Chord diagramA7A7
And they came from the south
          Chord diagramD9D9                  Bdim/F
From each college they poured knowledge
           Chord diagramD9D9
From their brains into his mouth

        Chord diagramBdimBdim
But the king couldn't learn
           Chord diagramE7E7
So each professor met their fate
        Chord diagramBm7b5 Bm7b5           Chord diagramE7E7
For the queen had their heads removed
    Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramC7C7
And placed upon the gate
And on that date
              Chord diagramC9C9
I state their wives all got a note
Their mate was now the late great
Chord diagramCaugCaug     Chord diagramF6F6
But then suddenly one day
           Chord diagramAbAb
Chord diagramA augmentedA stranger started in to sing
         Chord diagramC/GC/G           Chord diagramE7E7
He said "I'm the dirty rascal
        Chord diagramA7A7
And I'm here to teach the king"

        Chord diagramD9D9
And the queen clutched her jewels
        Chord diagramG7G7
For she hated royal fools
         Chord diagramD9D9            Chord diagramG7G7
But this fool had some rules
            Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramC7C7
They really ought to teach in schools

            Chord diagramDb6Db6        Chord diagramBb7Bb7
Like you'll be a happy king
         Chord diagramEb9Eb9     Db6/F         Gbm(maj7)
If you enjoy the things you've got
Chord diagramGm7b5Gm7b5      Chord diagramCm7b5Cm7b5        Chord diagramF7F7
You should never try to be
            Chord diagramBbmBbm                Chord diagramDb9Db9
The kind of person that you're not

        Chord diagramGb6Gb6
So they sang and they laughed
        Chord diagramGdim7Gdim7
For the king had found a friend
        Db/Ab       Chord diagramB7b5B7b5
And they ran onto a rainbow for
    Chord diagramBb majorBb
The story's perfect end

       Chord diagramEbM7Ebm7         Chord diagramEdim7Edim7
So the moral is you mustn't let
    Db/F           Chord diagramBb7Bb7
The outside be the guide
         Chord diagramB7b5B7b5           Chord diagramBb7Bb7
For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
                     Chord diagramBb7Bb7
Then you better hide
          B/A Chord diagramBb majorBb
Petrified

        Chord diagramEbM7Ebm7
No, the truth can't be denied
     Chord diagramAbAb       Chord diagramBbmBbm  Chord diagramE7E7
As I now have testified
Chord diagramAbAb       Chord diagramA9A9
All that really counts and matters
       Chord diagramEb5Eb5     Chord diagramAb7Ab7   Chord diagramDbDb
Is the special stuff inside
"He did it!"


Instrumental:
Chord diagramFF G/F Chord diagramDbDb Chord diagramFF


Chorus:
Chord diagramF9F9    Chord diagramBb6Bb6              Chord diagramAb9Ab9
Oh, a cover is not the book
  G7#5     Chord diagramC7C7
So open it up and take a look
                Chord diagramF7F7
Cause under the cover one discovers
         Chord diagramBb6Bb6
That the king maybe a crook
          Chord diagramEb6Eb6                  Chord diagramEdim7Edim7
So please listen to what we've said
          Chord diagramBb/FBb/F    Dm7b5/Ab    Chord diagramG7G7
And open a book tonight    in bed
   Chord diagramCm7Cm7             Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG minorGm                Chord diagramC9C9
So one more time before we get the hook (sing it out strong!)
Chord diagramF#9F#9 Chord diagramBb/FBb/F                  Chord diagramFaugFaug
Chord diagramA augmentedA   cover is nice (Please take our advice)
  Chord diagramBb/FBb/F              Chord diagramFaugFaug
Chord diagramA augmentedA cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price)
  Chord diagramBb/FBb/F     Chord diagramFdim7Fdim7
Chord diagramA augmentedA cover is nice
      Chord diagramF7F7               Chord diagramBb majorBb
But a cover is not the book


Outro:
Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramBb majorBb Chord diagramGbGb Chord diagramBb majorBb

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